Mother's Love is a Beautiful Mess: At Mama's Countertop, Where Oregano Meets Paracetamol

The most challenging part of being a mother is when you see your children get sick and you feel like your best isn't good enough.

Hello friends! I hope everybody has a great day.

Today, I would like to share how my countertop has been for the last two weeks. This photo was taken as a reminder to me that these were the days when my son was sick. I am recording his asthma attacks through photos.

Yes! This photo shows how messy my countertop has been for the previous week and this week. My youngest had a fever, and his Asthma attacked again after a year of not having it.

We went to the hospital last Tuesday and came back home on Friday. Those were the days when I felt all the worries and heaviness in the world. I never had enough sleep because of his never-ending cough and high fever, but I had to compose myself and show my son that I was okay.

He had a rigid medication because of some infection also and we had to nebulize him five times a day just to give him some ease of breathing.

But a mother never just relies on the doctor's medication alone. I know some of you can relate to this. We will do everything for our children and find as many ways as we can to cure the illness that our son or daughter is suffering from.

On my countertop, all the possible medicines and stuff were gathered together for me to reach them as easily as I can every time I need them.

Both synthetic and herbal medicines are on my countertop until today, since my son is not yet fully recovered, and he is still on medication. The limes and Oregano (a herbal plant common in the Philippines that is known to cure cough and phlegm), meet Paracetamol, Salbutamol, and Cefaclor. Vitamin C was there too, together with water and a thermometer. Not to mention the blender, the tumblers, the heater, the milk dispenser, and the thermos jar that made things easier for a mother to give her best care and love to her sick son.

The countertop looks too messy and unorganized, yet this scenario shows how a mother's love can be messy sometimes. Messy yet perfectly organized, only mothers know. There's no more unconditional love than a mother's love.

Thank you for reading. Have a wonderful day and stay safe and healthy. Old saying but always true: "health is wealth".